📘Hi new followers📘 We're here for all things history of the U.S. South, broadly conceived. You can always find what's current and forthcoming in the JSH at thesha.org/contents and info on submissions and reviews at thesha.org/submissions

The azaleas are blooming on campus -- an annual sign that the May JSH is in production. #forthcoming thesha.org/contents

For #WomensHistoryMonth, check out Lorri Glover's #2025SHA presidential address in the February 2026 JSH: "Reimagining the American Revolution: Southern Women's Wars for Independence" muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

For #WomensHistoryMonth, check out Lorri Glover's #2025SHA presidential address in the February 2026 JSH: "Reimagining the American Revolution: Southern Women's Wars for Independence" muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

I am extremely grateful for the generous review in the Journal of Southern History of Unforgettable Sacrifice.

Project MUSE - Journal of Southern History: Volume 92, Number 1, February 2026 muse.jhu.edu/issue/56354

Don’t forget to join us for a great discussion today!

What Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis a special Issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is available to READ FOR FREE now on @projectmuse.bsky.social. 18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇 muse.jhu.edu/journal/516

Project MUSE - Journal of Southern History: Volume 92, Number 1, February 2026 muse.jhu.edu/issue/56354

For scholars of US political economy, check out this article prize from the Treasury Historical Association. Articles published between 11/1/24 and 2/1/26 are eligible. $2500 article prize! Deadline is 2/20/26 treasuryhistory.org/the-1500-pen...

NEW in the February 2026 JSH: The #2025SHA @thesouthernsha.bsky.social presidential address, "Reimagining the American Revolution: Southern Women's Wars for Independence," by Lorri Glover muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

NEW in the February 2026 JSH: "Fashioning an Ornament to the Colony: Imperial Belonging and the Governor's House in Colonial North Carolina," by Christian J. Koot muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

NEW in the February JSH: "Manly Occupation: Black Civil War Soldiers' Battles over Racism and Manhood across the Occupied South," by Jonathan Lande muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

NEW in the February JSH: "Roustabouts, 'Lewd Women,' and the Roots of Jazz in Southern Levee Dives, 1880–1910," by Andrew Miller muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

NEW in the February JSH: "Roustabouts, 'Lewd Women,' and the Roots of Jazz in Southern Levee Dives, 1880–1910," by Andrew Miller muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

NEW in the February JSH: "Manly Occupation: Black Civil War Soldiers' Battles over Racism and Manhood across the Occupied South," by Jonathan Lande muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

NEW in the February 2026 JSH: "Fashioning an Ornament to the Colony: Imperial Belonging and the Governor's House in Colonial North Carolina," by Christian J. Koot muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

NEW in the February 2026 JSH: The #2025SHA @thesouthernsha.bsky.social presidential address, "Reimagining the American Revolution: Southern Women's Wars for Independence," by Lorri Glover muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

Per @joursouhist.bsky.social the February 2026 issue of the Journal of Southern History is now live on Project Muse. It’s the first with our new masthead, and I’m delighted that Rebecca Anne Goetz and Crystal ... https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/03/per-joursouhistbskysocial-the-february-issue.html

The February 2026 issue of the Journal of Southern History has been mailed to @thesouthernsha.bsky.social members and is now live on @projectmuse.bsky.social thesha.org/contents muse.jhu.edu/journal/685

The February 2026 issue of the Journal of Southern History has been mailed to @thesouthernsha.bsky.social members and is now live on @projectmuse.bsky.social thesha.org/contents muse.jhu.edu/journal/685

📣 Call for Papers and Panels! BrANCH 2026 Conference at the University of Warwick (October 9-11) 📌 🗓️❗️ We welcome proposals on all aspects of North American history through to the end of the ‘long nineteenth century’ Deadline for Proposals: Friday, April 10 See more details below ⬇️

Less than 3 weeks remain to submit or nominate a book for the Center for Civil War Research's Wiley-Silver Prize! First books on Civil War history are welcome! Deadline is Friday, 2/20. @scwhistorians.bsky.social @shearites.bsky.social @joursouhist.bsky.social @shgape.bsky.social

You can read more about Claudette Colvin, and other young Black civil rights activists, in Jon Hale's "Future Foot Soldiers or Budding Criminals?: The Dynamics of High School Student Activism in the Southern Black Freedom Struggle" (JSH v. 84, August 2018) www.jstor.org/stable/26536...

Facing the new semester?This teaching issue is full of resources, ideas, inspiration, experience, and expertise ⬇️

Facing the new semester?This teaching issue is full of resources, ideas, inspiration, experience, and expertise ⬇️

The MHA is pleased to announce a new Dissertation Prize to be awarded annually beginning this year. Dissertations written on any aspect of midwestern history or including the Midwest as a critical component of the work are eligible. Only those dissertations defended during 2025 will be considered.

Happy New Year! A new year means another volume of the JSH is newly available on JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social -- Looking forward to revisiting Volume 86 (2020) www.jstor.org/journal/jsou...

Good reads all. My "Teaching the Black South" is included. muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

✍️ YEAR IN REVIEW ✍️ Journal of Southern History, Vol. 91 The November 2025 JSH is a special #openaccess issue on "Teaching about the South," with 21 contributors. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697

✍️ YEAR IN REVIEW ✍️ Journal of Southern History, Vol. 91 The August 2025 JSH has work by Courtney Moore Taylor, Robert Elder, and Madison W. Cates. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55303

✍️ YEAR IN REVIEW ✍️ Journal of Southern History, Vol. 91 The May 2025 JSH featured articles by George Voelker and Moisés Acuña-Gurrola, as well as the annual bibliography of articles published in southern history. muse.jhu.edu/issue/54699

✍️ YEAR IN REVIEW ✍️ Journal of Southern History, Vol. 91 The February 2025 JSH featured work by Richard Campbell, Brian M. Ingrassia, and Jason Morgan Ward, as well as the #2024SHA presidential address by R. J. M. Blackett muse.jhu.edu/issue/54191

Many thanks to our readers, contributors, and supporters this year and to @thesouthernsha.bsky.social -- Happy holidays to all, and we will see you in 2026 for Vol. 92

Many thanks to our readers, contributors, and supporters this year and to @thesouthernsha.bsky.social -- Happy holidays to all, and we will see you in 2026 for Vol. 92

Congratulations to Randal and welcome Caleb!

✍️ YEAR IN REVIEW ✍️ Journal of Southern History, Vol. 91 The February 2025 JSH featured work by Richard Campbell, Brian M. Ingrassia, and Jason Morgan Ward, as well as the #2024SHA presidential address by R. J. M. Blackett muse.jhu.edu/issue/54191

Wow! Congrats to both Randal and @wcaleb.org on this transition. I've seen first-hand the rigor of JSH's editorial process, glad to see it continue at Rice.

New editorial era for Journal of Southern History | Rice News | News and Media Relations | Rice University news.rice.edu/news/2025/ne...

New editorial era for Journal of Southern History | Rice News | News and Media Relations | Rice University news.rice.edu/news/2025/ne...

Rice News has a story about my new role as editor of the Journal of Southern History (as of January 1). Here’s a snippet: "McDaniel, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities, said he sees the editorship as an extension of Rice’... https://updates.wcaleb.org/2025/12/09/rice-news-has-a-story.html

Big arrival today at the JSH. #amediting @merriam-webster.com

"Forum: Teaching about the South" -- 21 #openaccess essays in the November JSH muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

Hi #skystorians 👋 I'm hoping to put together a panel for the SHA 2026 Annual Meeting. My paper would analyse Dwight Eisenhower's 1962 visit to South Carolina and assess his (post-presidential) relationship with southern Republicanism. If that fits with your panel ideas, please do get in touch! 🗃️

"Forum: Teaching about the South" -- 21 #openaccess essays in the November JSH muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

The November issue of the Journal of Southern History features a forum of 21 essays on "Teaching about the South" #openaccess muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697

The November issue of the Journal of Southern History features a forum of 21 essays on "Teaching about the South" #openaccess muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697

This is just a small portion of the publications we consult to compile the annual bibliography of articles in southern history. We regularly check 300+ journal titles! But also, if you've had an article come out in 2025 related to the history of the U.S. South, let us know so we can check it out.

This is just a small portion of the publications we consult to compile the annual bibliography of articles in southern history. We regularly check 300+ journal titles! But also, if you've had an article come out in 2025 related to the history of the U.S. South, let us know so we can check it out.